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   alt.music.rush      Meh I think a tad overrated but okay...      1,606 messages   

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   Message 923 of 1,606   
   Damon Hynes, Cyclone Ranger to xyzzy   
   Re: Most Overrated Band Ever   
   26 Feb 13 08:11:31   
   
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   XPost: rec.sport.football.college   
   From: damonhynes@gmail.com   
      
   On Feb 26, 10:05 am, xyzzy  wrote:   
   > On Feb 26, 10:59 am, "Damon Hynes, Cyclone Ranger"   
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   > > On Feb 26, 9:55 am, "Damon Hynes, Cyclone Ranger"   
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   > > > On Feb 26, 9:35 am, xyzzy  wrote:   
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   > > > > On Feb 26, 9:35 am, "Damon Hynes, Cyclone Ranger"   
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   > > > > > On Feb 26, 7:43 am, dnrapp  wrote:   
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   > > > > > > On Tuesday, February 26, 2013 3:42:42 AM UTC-8, JGibson wrote:   
   > > > > > > > On Friday, February 22, 2013 5:52:49 PM UTC-5, meda...@gmail.com   
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   > > > > > > > > Metallica   
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   > > > > > > > Rush   
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   > > > > > > Another vote for Rush.   
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   > > > > > Sweet Jaysus.  I suppose y'all think Van Halen was cutting-edge?   
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   > > > > Van Halen wasn't that great but they never go the admiring psuedo-   
   > > > > intellectual rep that Rush undeservedly got.  They were never   
   > > > > considered more than they really were, a hard rock party band.   
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   > > > > There's two parts to being overrated y'know.... not being that good   
   > > > > AND being highly thought of.   
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   > > > AYK?  Ed was ranked as a guitar god on the level of Jimi and Eric,   
   > > > when in reality he stole half his stuff and stopped doing the other   
   > > > half when he fell in love with keyboards and decided he was an artiste.   
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   > > and RUSH was hated by critics for 35+ years until Jann Wenner decided   
   > > they were OK in about 2010 or so.   
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   > So I'm assuming... you're fan, huh?   
      
   Yeah, and I know I run the risk of coming off as a koolaid   
   fanboi...but the most fervent RUSH fans spend as much time complaining/   
   kibitzing about their (sometimes) overwrought lyrics, Peart's teenage   
   politics and world-view, their occasional cynical money-grabs...   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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